Cejlon
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛjlon]
Proper noun
Cejlon m inan (relational adjective cejlonský, demonym Cejloňan)
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)
- Synonym: Srí Lanka
Declension
Declension of Cejlon (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cejlon |
| genitive | Cejlonu |
| dative | Cejlonu |
| accusative | Cejlon |
| vocative | Cejlone |
| locative | Cejlonu |
| instrumental | Cejlonem |
Further reading
- “Ceylon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Cejlon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Cejlon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Ancient Greek Σελεδίβα (Seledíba), from Pali sīhaḷadīva, sīeḷedīva, or from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛj.lɔn/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛjlɔn
- Syllabification: Cej‧lon
Proper noun
Cejlon m inan
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)
Declension
Declension of Cejlon
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cejlon |
| genitive | Cejlonu |
| dative | Cejlonowi |
| accusative | Cejlon |
| instrumental | Cejlonem |
| locative | Cejlonie |
| vocative | Cejlonie |
Derived terms
adjective
- cejloński
nouns
- Cejlonka
- Cejlończyk
Further reading
- Cejlon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sějloːn/
- Hyphenation: Cej‧lon
Proper noun
Cèjlōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling Цѐјло̄н)
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)
Declension
Declension of Cejlon
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cejlon |
| genitive | Cejlona |
| dative | Cejlonu |
| accusative | Cejlon |
| vocative | Cejlone |
| locative | Cejlonu |
| instrumental | Cejlonom |